Year	Persons (Millions)
1997	9.777
1998	9.776
1999	7.540
2000	7.516
2001	7.503
2002	7.500
2003	7.481
2004	7.463
2005	7.441
2006	7.412
2007	7.382
2008	7.350
2009	7.321
2010	7.291
2011	7.237
2012	7.201
2013	7.167
2014	7.132
2015	7.095
2016	7.058
2017	7.021
2018	6.983
2019	6.945
2020	6.899
2021	6.834
2022	6.664
2023	6.638
2024	6.611
2025	6.585
2026	6.558
2027	6.532
2028	6.513
2029	6.493